Infectious Disease

CMC's Department of Infectious Disease provides a variety of services primarily related to prevention and treatment of disease caused by infectious agents. These include infections caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Physicians in this specialty are trained and board certified in Internal Medicine and have an additional two years of training and board certification in the specialty of Infectious Diseases. We accept all major commercial insurance plans, Medicare and North Carolina Medicaid. We participate in the Ryan White program and offer a sliding scale program for uninsured residents of Mecklenburg County.

Examples of the type of problems that infectious disease physicians have expertise in diagnosing and treating include: